The Arbiter by GOULDiLOCKS12

Format: Commander

Commander: Grand Arbiter Augustin IV

Bracket: 3

DeckCheck Threat Index: 22

Deck overview

The deck uses Grand Arbiter Augustin IV to reduce its own white and blue spells while taxing opposing spells. Its control package combines counterspells, spot removal, sweepers, attack taxes, and permanents such as Aura of Silence, Frozen Aether, and Sphere of Safety. The main win route is Approach of the Second Sun. After the first cast, the card returns seventh from the top; the deck must then draw through the intervening cards and cast it again. That makes the plan deterministic when uninterrupted but slow and exposed. Azor's Elocutors provides a second alternate win, while Hullbreaker Horror can create strong value and temporary board control. The list has solid mana acceleration and useful interaction, but limited tutoring, no compact infinite combo, and no reliable way to protect a many-turn library setup against every answer. It is a functional casual-to-high-power control deck rather than a competitive Commander construction.

Decklist (100 cards)

• 1 Adarkar Wastes
• 1 Aetherize
• 1 An Offer You Can't Refuse
• 1 Ancient Den
• 1 Arcane Denial
• 1 Arcane Signet
• 1 Archivist of Oghma
• 1 Aura of Silence
• 1 Austere Command
• 1 Authority of the Consuls
• 1 Azor's Elocutors
• 1 Azorius Chancery
• 1 Azorius Signet
• 1 Baird, Steward of Argive
• 1 Brainstorm
• 1 Buried Ruin
• 1 Command Tower
• 1 Commander's Sphere
• 1 Containment Priest
• 1 Counterspell
• 1 Darksteel Mutation
• 1 Dauntless Dismantler
• 1 Dovin's Veto
• 1 Dovin, Hand of Control
• 1 Evolving Wilds
• 1 Exotic Orchard
• 1 Fabled Passage
• 1 Fellwar Stone
• 1 Floodfarm Verge
• 1 Frozen Aether
• 1 Generous Gift
• 1 Ghostly Prison
• 1 Gleaming Splendor
• 1 God-Pharaoh's Statue
• 1 Gold-Forged Thopteryx
• 1 Grand Arbiter Augustin IV
• 1 Hullbreaker Horror
• 11 Island
• 1 Land Tax
• 1 Lightning Greaves
• 1 Mana Leak
• 1 Mind Stone
• 1 Monastery Siege
• 1 Monologue Tax
• 1 Mystic Remora
• 1 Mystic Sanctuary
• 1 Negate
• 1 Norn's Annex
• 1 Path to Exile
• 1 Pearl Medallion
• 1 Pippin, Guard of the Citadel
• 11 Plains
• 1 Ponder
• 1 Pongify
• 1 Preordain
• 1 Propaganda
• 1 Reliquary Tower
• 1 Render Silent
• 1 Reprieve
• 1 Rest in Peace
• 1 Rogue's Passage
• 1 Seachrome Coast
• 1 Seat of the Synod
• 1 Silence
• 1 Sol Ring
• 1 Sphere of Safety
• 1 Sphinx's Revelation
• 1 Stroke of Midnight
• 1 Swan Song
• 1 Swiftfoot Boots
• 1 Swords to Plowshares
• 1 Talisman of Progress
• 1 Terramorphic Expanse
• 1 Thalia, Heretic Cathar
• 1 The Council of Four
• 1 Thought Vessel
• 1 Time Wipe
• 1 Voice of Victory
• 1 Windborn Muse
• 1 Windfall